Pending Animal Cases

City of Toledo v. Tellings

lauraallen — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:33:28 -0700

[Cite as Toledo v. Tellings, ___ Ohio St.3d ___, 2007-Ohio-3724.]
NOTICE
This opinion is subject to formal revision before it is published in an advance sheet of the Ohio Official Reports. Readers are requested to promptly notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of Ohio, 65 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, of any typographical or
other formal errors in the opinion, in order that corrections may be made before the opinion is published.

CITY OF TOLEDO, APPELLANT, v. TELLINGS, APPELLEE.
[Cite as Toledo v. Tellings, ___Ohio St.3d ___, 2007-Ohio-
3724.]

Breed Bans

A Lawsuit Challenges The Constitutionality Of Denver's Pit Bull Ban

lauraallen — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:17:32 -0700

A lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Denver that challenges the Denver pit bull ban.

Denver bans pit bulls defined as “any dog that is an American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, or any dog displaying the majority of physical traits” of these breeds. Denver Mun. Code §8-55

The ordinance makes it unlawful to “own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport, or sell” any pit bull dog within the city. Denver Mun. Code §8-55

Breed Bans

Georgia Judge Finds Dept. Of Agriculture Is Violating The Law By Allowing Animal Gas Chambers

lauraallen — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:14:57 -0700

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Cynthia D. Wright ordered the Georgia Department of Agriculture to enforce the 1990 Georgia Humane Euthanasia Act which with few exceptions bans the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers to euthanize animals.

The ruling was the result of a motion for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought against the Department and its Commissioner Tommy Irvin, whom the judge noted had violated the law by permitting shelters, with "a wink and a nod," to gas animals to death for the past 17 years.

Gas Chambers